Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation posttraumatic stress disorder
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- noun Initialism of
post-traumatic stress disorder .
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- noun an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
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Unsurprisingly, the acronym PTSD gets a good workout in
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JAMES ADAMS 2012
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Unsurprisingly, the acronym PTSD gets a good workout in
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JAMES ADAMS 2012
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Unsurprisingly, the acronym PTSD gets a good workout in
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JAMES ADAMS 2012
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The term PTSD is used to describe a range of psychological symptoms people may experience following a traumatic, usually life-threatening, event.
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What society pathologizes as a physiological disorder -- what we call PTSD -- is actually a manifestation of a soldier's humanity.
Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011
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What society pathologizes as a physiological disorder -- what we call PTSD -- is actually a manifestation of a soldier's humanity.
Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011
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Melissa talks about her struggle to accept that her PTSD is a disability.
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What society pathologizes as a physiological disorder -- what we call PTSD -- is actually a manifestation of a soldier's humanity.
Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011
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What society pathologizes as a physiological disorder -- what we call PTSD -- is actually a manifestation of a soldier's humanity.
Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011
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What society pathologizes as a physiological disorder -- what we call PTSD -- is actually a manifestation of a soldier's humanity.
Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011
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